‘Someone stole my bbc bike in Amsterdam

I planned a normal day – bags ready for rolling – when I limited myself and was a struggle of disbelief.

The space where my cargo bike was supposed to be was empty, and the double castle that screwed it to my Amsterdam wall was hacked.

My daughter moved between other bikes, made sure that someone probably moved it, but no, she was gone.

As we say, in the Netherlands – in the Netherlands, in the Netherlands, in the Netherlands – part of the “Dutch DNA” – I do not have a car, so I used my bike for everything, from the school run to purchase.

It wasn’t a regular bike. My colleague Kate Vandi and I brought him to become a mobile broadcast studio, which we called the bicycle bureau. I started “Dutch News from the Cycling”, a series of reports, born at school after my daughter asked me: “Why don’t you tell people the news now?”

The bike allowed me to reach broken news and broadcast from anywhere, a daughter nearby, showing that working motherhood can be visible, joyful and real.

He opened the door to cooperate, awards and community of people who saw themselves in our history.

I have a zero expectation to return the bike, and the search proved the infertile. I immediately called the police and they opened the case, but soon closed it from the lack of evidence to help find the thief.

People on the Internet and in my local community were rallied to try to find it because I called. Neighbors asked if I was fine, telling me they like to see how I enjoy their bicycle strips and see my city in terms of my foreigner.

But why, my daughter asked, so many people worried that our bike was stolen?

Colleagues and friends responded to my Instagram Reel about theft. BBC’s legendary camera Julie Ritson called my bicycle the basis for the future journalism. Others said it was related to a hacking that showed how one person can manage motherhood and career, and inspired them to rethink what is possible with a cargo bike.

It was sunny nutrition, reducing satellite trucks with heavy equipment and pollution that brings a way to transport.

Last year’s research from the Institute of Study Reuters shows that viewers are not only interested in climate change – they are particularly engaged in stories that emphasize people who take action in response to the crisis.

Some people are surprised that the “similar thing” would happen in the Netherlands. The fact that they may not understand is what the theft of the bicycles is endemic here. Last year, more than 86,000 bicycles were stolen in the Netherlands, which is 10,000 more than in 2022 for 1000 years, according to police figures. Authorities say the growth of reports can contribute to this.

Most stolen bikes are deprived of the details or sold further. My cycling bike cost almost 5,000 euros (£ 4200) – more than our old car I sold.

I paid for the bike, so the BBC did not rise to financial losses.

The fact that it really bought me is independence – and in a sense to lose it as a friend. In addition to impact on my own lifestyle, the bicycle gave my daughter a charming, filled with nature of childhood: picnics in the dunes, passages to see cows highland, fabulous lights in the winter, the wind goes to the beach in the summer.

The theft caused conversations about urban safety, cycling infrastructure, and the mother’s load still carries. But it is also a testimony to the community we created, and the power to share true stories from the saddle.

I might not return my bike, but no one can steal what gave us all.